Quando siete felici, fateci caso

One of the funniest stories I ever learned about Kurt Vonnegut was what he said as a eulogy to science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. At Asimov’s funeral, to the assembled guests, Vonnegut began his address with these words: “Well, he’s in heaven now.” Vonnegut recalls that the mourners broke up in la Leggi tutto

Would have loved to have Kurt Vonnegut as a commencement speaker! I have no basis for complaint; Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke at my graduation and was a fantastic speaker. it just seems I want everything. If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young is an edited collection of commencement speeche Leggi tutto

I can't say enough good things about Kurt Vonnegut. Since this is a collection of his graduation speeches, I went to YouTube first to re-watch some of his interviews and recorded presentations to hear his voice and prime my brain with an idea of his delivery, his intonation, his vocal tics and pause Leggi tutto

I stumbled across this book by happenstance and was amazed when I realized that this was the perfect book I could read at this precise moment in my life. I have just graduated college and Mr. Vonnegut's words for the "young" have been inspiring and thought-provoking while ever maintaining his unique Leggi tutto

Herein lies a collection of nine commencement speeches by Kurt Vonnegut, delivered at various academic institutions between (approximately) 1994 and 2001. “We had a memorial service for Isaac [Asimov] a few years back and at one point I said, ''Isaac is up in Heaven now.'' It was the funniest thing Leggi tutto

Anticonformista, stralunato, simpatico, dissacrante, lucido, tenero Vonnegut. «Avevo uno zio di nome Alex che, nei momenti in cui la vita era più piacevole - magari anche solo per una caraffa di limonata bevuta all'ombra - diceva: "Cosa c'è di più bello di questo?"Se mio zio non l'avesse detto così s Leggi tutto

Τι ατομάρα ήταν αυτός ο Βόννεγκατ δεν ήξερα, τώρα όμως, διαβάζοντας αυτό το απολαυστικότατο βιβλιαράκι, έμαθα. Πολλά και σημαντικά θέματα ακουμπάει στις ομιλίες του αυτές απέναντι σε νέους που αποφοιτούν και είναι έτοιμοι να ριχτούν στην -αδιαμφισβήτητα- σκληρή ζωή, με έναν τρόπο που μόνο ένας ευφυή Leggi tutto

This book made me miss a man I never had met, miss him (almost) like my own father. I have heard excerpts from these speeches over the years, they get published in parts or quoted in various newspaper accounts, and they are deserving as news, since they are from a great and insightful and entertaini Leggi tutto

it is a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it. маленьку книжечку воннегутових промов варто читати дозовано, по одній на вечір, щоб засинати з якою-небудь вірою в людство. і щоб не спотикатись об повтори, бо нагоди для промов були схожі, тому там і мотиви перегукуються, і деякі фрагменти кочуют Leggi tutto

Been way too long since I've read Vonnegut. This is a great collection of speeches that highlights his simply marvelous and marvelously simple humanist ideas. Speaking of simply marvelous, my beautiful new daughter Reese Elisabeth Floridia enjoyed it too: And speaking of being a marvelous human, her Leggi tutto